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UNITED STATES arniv'r Unmet,

ANTHONY PEPLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUBSTITUTE FOR BILLARD-CUE CHALK.

il=PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,828, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed September 18, 1884. (No specimens.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY PEPLE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Substitute for Billiard-Cue Chalk, of which the following is a specification.

Billiard-cue tips are covered with chalk-dust to prevent them slipping upon the ball when struck upon the same. The chalk comes off the tip and discolors the cloth of the table and the cushions, and such cloth is unnecessarily worn by brushing the same in the efforts that are made to keep such cloth clean and free from the marks of the chalk.

My invention relates to a substitute for bil liard-cue chalk, consisting of a pigment of a fine granular or silicious character of the color, or nearly so, of the billard-cloth, so that the same may be used on the billiard-cues for all the purposes of chalk, and so that the cloth will not be marred in its appearance by the small particles that will inevitably fall or rub off the balls upon such cloth; hence the cloth will not require to be brushed so often or so severely in cleaning the same, and it will not be worn out so rapidly; and, for convenience, I compress such pigment into blocks and varnish the surfaces or cover, all but one side, with paper, so that the fingers will not be soiled in the use of this cue-tip material.

I make use of chrome-green by preference on account of its peculiar roughness or silicious gritty character; but magnesia green or ultramarine-green may be used, and the mixture may be rendered of the proper color by the admixture of finely-ground silica or other ma terial. such as magnesia or chalk.

This material or compound is to be in a finely-pulverized condition, and it is mixed with water and molded and pressed into the proper shapes, preferably cubical, and after being dried, or partially dried, the surfaces, all but one, are coated or covered with a pro tecting material-such as shellac, varnish, or paper-and the article is ready for use or sale. The one is pressed upon or into this colored pigment in a manner similar to that employed when chalk is made use of.

I-claim as my invention 1. The billiard-cue-tip preparation formed of a pigmentcorresponding generally in color to the cloth on the table and having a fine granular or silicious character so as to prevent the cue slipping upon the ball and to avoid injury or soiling of the billiard-cloth, substantially as set forth.

2. The billiard-cue-tip preparation formed of a pigmentcorresponding, or nearly so, in color to the cloth on the table and having a fine granular orsilicious character and molded and pressed into blocks and covered with paper or other material on all but one side, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 15th day of September, A. D. 1884.

ANTHONY PEPLE.

Witnesses Gno. T. PINoKnnY, WILLIAM G. Morr. 

